📚 BOOK REVIEW O'CLOCK! 📚 Book Title: A Decent Man 📖✨ Author: Gilbert Bassey. (Fun fact: He is the brother of the popular, Guinness world record winner, Chef Hilda Baci! She was actually the first person to read this story and woke him up weeping over it! 👩🏾🍳🇳🇬) Publisher: MoSA Publishing 📚 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 stars Book Length: Prologue+ 43 chapters
Is there a better way to scream this: THIS BOOK WRECKED ME! Oh my goodness, the twists! 🤯 Had me staring at the wall to recalibrate my senses.
The story follows Michael, a successful but ruthless man who discovers a terrifying secret: his seemingly perfect wife is slowly trying to kill him! 😱 But why? The way the plot unravels to connect their present-day drama to a dark, forgotten childhood tragedy is pure genius. It is an absolute masterclass in suspense, guilt, and the crazy lengths a mother will go to protect her child. It kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time!
The character growth in this book is phenomenal! 📈 Michael starts off as the ultimate arrogant, cold-hearted guy, but his journey toward redemption will literally break your heart. Then there is his wife, Rebecca (or is that her real name?👀) whose deep grief and desire for revenge make her so complex and terrifyingly real. And we absolutely cannot forget Oruamen, the sweetest, Marvel-loving teenager battling a terminal illness who completely steals the show and melts your heart! 🥺❤️
Because the author originally developed this idea as a screenplay, the pacing is incredibly cinematic! 🎬 It literally feels like you are watching a high-stakes psychological thriller unfold on the big screen. The emotional depth is so raw, and the psychological elements (like how the brain hides traumatic memories) are woven in seamlessly. You won't be able to put it down! 🏃🏾♀️💨
My favourite quote: This one had me weeping actual tears. “'It’s the people we love that destroy us.'... But these last months taught me something else: it’s the people who love us that save us.” 😭💔
If you love psychological thrillers, deeply emotional family dramas, intense redemption arcs, or just a story with enough twists to give you actual whiplash, this is absolutely for YOU! 🍿✨
You can grab a free ebook download on the author's website, and the paperback is available in bookstores across Nigeria! 🇳🇬🛍️
